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Smait Maven was at the Gender and Inclusion Summit, GS26, in Abuja last week.Two days under the theme From Agenda to Act...
15/09/2026

Smait Maven was at the Gender and Inclusion Summit, GS26, in Abuja last week.

Two days under the theme From Agenda to Action, Making Innovations Count for the Last Mile with sessions on economic inclusion, health systems, governance, technology, agriculture and climate.

As we build responsible AI adoption, Inclusion is not separate, it is a large part of what responsible actually means. A system is not fair by default. Who it was trained on, who it was tested with, and who gets left out of the data all decide who it works for. GS26’s questions about reaching the last mile are the same questions we ask before any organisation we work with deploys an AI system.

Thank you to the Policy Innovation Centre (PIC) and Dr. Osasuyi Dirisu PhD for convening a summit that took that standard seriously across every sector represented.

We left with more than we came with.

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Over the last two years, African B2B retail platforms like TradeDepot and Wasoko have had to restructure their operati...
07/09/2026

Over the last two years, African B2B retail platforms like TradeDepot and Wasoko have had to restructure their operations, pivoting away from venture-subsidized expansion toward strict unit economics.

In informal retail across Lagos, Nairobi, and Cairo, margins on consumer goods are thin, and logistics costs are high.

The companies surviving and growing in this environment are applying predictive algorithms to operational problems like forecasting inventory demand at neighborhood
micro-warehouses to prevent stockouts, and optimizing delivery truck routes to reduce fuel burn across gridlocked transit corridors.

In emerging markets, operational efficiency determines survival.

Applying AI to business is about removing minutes and costs from physical, everyday problems, delivery times, inventory holding costs, and invoice reconciliation.

Dr. Suzannah Hicks leads the AI Center of Excellence at Ferguson Enterprise, one of the largest physical supply chain and commercial distributors in North America ($18B+ in revenue).

She spends her time daily on how AI optimizes complex physical and commercial distribution networks.

On September 16, she will be speaking at AI Blueprint Webinar by Smait Maven to share on how practically businesses can scale parts of their business with AI

Wednesday, September 16 · 4:00 PM WAT

Virtual · Free access - Limited seats available.

Registration link: https://smaitmavenltd.com/events/ai-blueprint-a-virtual-webinar-series-by-smait-maven Blessing Egbe Okwudili Canice ADISA JOSHUA OYELAKIN

Happy new month to our clients and partners.At Smait Maven, every month is about the same thing: helping organisations a...
01/09/2026

Happy new month to our clients and partners.

At Smait Maven, every month is about the same thing: helping organisations adopt AI responsibly, and turning that into real, measurable value.

Here’s to a productive September.

Can we use AI to scale our business, from revenue to customer acquisition?That’s the question a lot of business leaders ...
26/08/2026

Can we use AI to scale our business, from revenue to customer acquisition?

That’s the question a lot of business leaders are asking right now. For some teams it’s about identifying where AI could even help. For others already using it, the question is how to take that to 10x.

Join us at Smait Maven to explore exactly this: how to leverage AI to scale revenue and customer acquisition, responsibly. Speaking on this is Dr. Hicks, an AI enterprise leader at Ferguson Enterprise and faculty member at Johnson & Wales University.

This event is for leaders, transformation leads, and IT who want to know firsthand how AI can be deployed in their company for real scale.

Register below.

🗓️ Wed, Sept 16
🕓 4–6 PM WAT | 11 AM–1 PM ET
📍 Virtual, free
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Building an AI assistant around your company knowledge is important for multiple reasons and can sometimes sounds straig...
19/08/2026

Building an AI assistant around your company knowledge is important for multiple reasons and can sometimes sounds straightforward.

For this, the data is key which is your company’s knowledge over time.

But before choosing a tool or commissioning a custom build, check a few things:

- Is your company knowledge organized?

- Do you have a clear source of truth for your SOPs, policies, and internal processes?

- Can the right people access the right information securely?

- Can you actually define what the assistant is supposed to help your staff do?

Outdated, scattered, or contradictory knowledge stays outdated, scattered, and contradictory once AI touches it. AI just makes it faster to find.

The right approach:

Understand the knowledge → identify the workflow → define the risks → then choose whether to buy, configure, or build.

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AI adoption is knowing where AI can create value in your work.Start with the work. Then build the right systems, people,...
18/08/2026

AI adoption is knowing where AI can create value in your work.

Start with the work. Then build the right systems, people, and guardrails around it.

That’s how AI becomes a business asset that adds economic value.



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AI should create measurable economic value for your organization.The question every business leader should be asking is:...
17/08/2026

AI should create measurable economic value for your organization.

The question every business leader should be asking is:

“Where can AI create measurable economic value for us?”

Economic Value includes:

More revenue.

Higher productivity.

Lower operating costs.

Faster ex*****on.

Better customer acquisition.

More output from the same team.

If AI is not moving any of those numbers, you may be experimenting with AI but you are turning it into an economic asset.

At Smait Maven, we believe the next phase of AI adoption is about moving from AI curiosity → AI capability → measurable business value.

And we’re going deeper.

Coming soon: AI Blueprint Series - Leveraging AI to Increase Revenue & Productivity in Your Company.

For business leaders who want AI to do more than generate content.

Anticipate ❤️

AI should create value.

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AI is now linked to 55 percent of reported cybercrimes across Africa.That figure comes from the INTERPOL’s African Cyber...
10/08/2026

AI is now linked to 55 percent of reported cybercrimes across Africa.

That figure comes from the INTERPOL’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026, released on August 3, drawing on data from 36 African member countries. Losses rose from 192 million dollars in 2024 to 484 million.

The methods INTERPOL names are AI generated scams, automated social engineering, credential harvesting, synthetic identities built by combining real personal details with fabricated ones, and business email compromise made convincing by AI written correspondence.

Every one of those works by targeting a person or an organization.

INTERPOL’s own recommendations include improving AI literacy, and it found readiness across the continent alarmingly low.

This is where Smait Maven works.

We train your people to recognise what AI generated deception looks like.

We write the AI policy that tells your staff what may never be pasted into a public tool.

We audit how your organisation is already using AI and where that quietly creates exposure.

And we build the governance structure that decides who is accountable when something goes wrong.

Governance and literacy protect you and your organization.

If your organisation is adopting AI while the threat environment around it becomes majority AI driven, let us talk.

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Does your organization’s AI know more about your business than your employees do?Every prompt entered into a public AI t...
04/08/2026

Does your organization’s AI know more about your business than your employees do?

Every prompt entered into a public AI tool could expose sensitive business information, customer data, or intellectual property.

A Private AI tool customized for your organization alone changes that.

Instead of sending your organization’s knowledge to public AI platforms, a private AI tool keeps your data secure, operates within your governance framework, and delivers AI tailored to your business.

At Smait Maven, we believe AI should improve productivity without compromising privacy, compliance, or trust.

Swipe through to learn why every forward-thinking organization should be thinking about Private AI Assistants.

Responsible AI, On your Terms.

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August at Smait MavenWelcome to a new month of building AI responsibly.This month, we’re doubling down on helping organi...
03/08/2026

August at Smait Maven

Welcome to a new month of building AI responsibly.

This month, we’re doubling down on helping organizations move beyond simply using AI to adopting it with the right governance, policies, and capabilities.

Expect practical insights, thought leadership, tools, and conversations designed to help your organization build trust, reduce risk, and unlock the full value of AI.

Here’s to a month of responsible innovation, meaningful progress, and smarter decisions.

Happy New Month!

Responsible AI, On your Terms.

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